Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-14
State News.
HANCOCK.


The Ellsworth American says The fol-
lowing note was found few days ago by
some Young men of Ellsworth who were out
cunning. 1t was in the woods few miles
from Ellsworth, and was pinned to young
sapling, near a spring. twill explain itself ::
Jim left here this morning, shall go to
Californv Will send you word in Boston.
They will never take me alive. Good by.
CALVIN GRAVES"
We have the note in our possession and it
is in a fair state of preservation, though 1t
shows signs of long exposure to the weather.
We are informed that the writing has been
compared with Graves handwriting and that
it corresponds we'll On the reverse in an
other hand riting is:
"Bound North Think I'll find the road.
Think the road comes by the barn over the
hill. FRANK
The Merchants Trust and Banking Co. is
about to be organized in Ellsworth. Capital
$50 600. The board of trustees will probably
be f. f. Hartshorn, james +. Davis, G. G.
Burrill of Elsw orth, N. B. Coolidge of La
moline and ex-Attorney- General Henry B.
| Clesves of Portland. Two others will prob
ably be added to the trustees. 1t is expected
| that Burrilrs bank will be merged into this
new company, which will do general bank
| ing business, the same as national bank.
| The board of trustees are first-clsss men who
will from the start give unquestioned charac-
ter to the institution. Mr.. James E. Parsons
who has been in the employ of Col. c. G.
Burrill for the last Is years, will DE cashier.
| Capt A. X Woodward while moving a
pisno lost control of his horse which ran
away upset the cart and dumped the piano
upon the ground But strange to say the in
strument escaped without scratch.
SOMERSET.
! Smithfeld can boast of quite q number of
residents who are so wears old and over
among them are VIM. H. Ellis, aged so; X.
W. Pierce, 81 Mr.. John Stanley, 81, his
wife, Mrs. Hephzibsh Stanley, 81; Thomas
Merrill So; Samuel kilgore, so; Robert
| Newcombe, so; Mr.. Elksua Higgins, 81, his
wife. Mrs. Higgins, 81; Mr.. Eiihu Stevens,
| 100, and Mrs. Stevens 100.
! Weston 4 Brsiuard of Skowhegan, have
| ZOO, 900 feet of logs piled for spring saving
sud about 800, 900 feet to fill contract they
made for lumber to rebuild the dam on the
south channel. The rebuilding was post
poned and so the logs are left over as the
property of the Water Power Company.
Mr.. Trudel of Smithfeld met with quite
an accident on Friday week. in loosing three
of his toes on one foot in the beaten of a
rhreshiug machine. In attempting to step
down upon the table after the threshing ma
chine had been stopped-the heater still in
motion-his foot slipped on the grain and
caught in the bester, tearing of three of his
toes and horribly msngling the flesh.
YORK.
The board of health closed the schools at
| Spriugvsle, Tuesday last on account of the
diphtheria. There have been two deaths
within twenty-four hours, and five or six new
eases, some being of very malignant form.
Il has yet attacked only school children from
! five to ten years.
II. Burton Milliken of Biddeford the news
paper correspondent, has been offered and
will probably accept, leading position on
Frank Leslie's popular weekly and monthly
this winter in the South. Mr.. Milliken has
done some work for the Leslie publications
| this summer.